Former Adamston Flat Glass Site celebrates Grand Opening of Shop-N-Save
The former redevelopment of the Adamston Flat Glass site near Clarksburg, WV has created many jobs, saved a neighborhood’s livelihood, and created a positive reuse of the abandoned glass factory site. The city worked with the USEPA and WVDEP to cleanup and redevelop the property into the site of two retail facilities. The community has embraced the opening of a new Save-A-Lot grocery store last month and celebrated the opening of a Shop ‘N Save on Thursday, May 23. The two supermarkets will employ approximately 100 residents. Read more in Clarksburg’s The Exponent Telegram.
In WV Coalfields, Dilapidated sites make way for renewal
WILLIAMSON, WV (AP) – Inside a 1920s-era warehouse in the heart of a once-bustling coalfields hub in Williamson, WV, Brandon Blankenship saws through 8-foot boards pulled up from the ...
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BAD Buildings Summit Kicks Off to Inspire Other Communities to Renovate Buildings
This week, Huntington is hosting the BAD (blighted, abandoned and dilapidated) Buildings Summit, an event that aims to inspire other communities to renovate their dilapidated and abandoned buildings and ...
Read MoreCenter for Community Progress Announces New Technical Assistance Scholarship Program RFA
The Center for Community Progress has announced their new Technical Assistance Scholarship Program Request for Applications (RFA). For years, their technical assistance has benefited communities around the country to ...
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